Catalina Mesa, the first female filmmaker from Colombia at HotDocs discusses her directorial debut, The Infinite Flight of Days. The film is a charming, energetic, and hilarious documentary about the lives of women in Jerico, a small town in Colombia.
Mid-week at HotDocs: The Legacy of Frida Kahlo isn’t really about Kahlo
Tadasuke Kotani’s Legacy of Frida Kahlo is a pedestrian documentary about Japanese photographer Miyako Ishiuchi’s visit to the Frida Kahlo museum in Mexico.
HotDocs 2016: Conversations with the creative team behind essential doc Check It
Check It follows several members of the inspiring gay and transgender teen gang Check It through their struggles on the harsh streets of Washington, D.C.
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You delves into the life of the renegade 70s television producer
In the new documentary, Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You, Norman Lear is heralded as the saviour of television. Directors Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing successfully celebrate Lear’s life but the film lacks deeper analysis.
An Unmarried Woman: a classic film with a modern touch
When writer-director Paul Mazursky’s An Unmarried Woman opened in 1978, it had the slogan, “She laughs, she cries, she feels angry, she feels lonely, she feels guilty, she makes breakfast, she makes love, she makes do, she is strong, she is weak, she is brave, she is scared, she is… an unmarried woman.” This makes the film sound hokey, but it’s actually an unpretentious look at a woman’s life turned upside down.